Telok Kemang (federal constituency)

Telok Kemang
Negeri Sembilan constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	2018
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Telok Kemang was a federal constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 2018. It was replaced by Port Dickson parliamentary constituency following the 2018 redelineation exercise.^[1]

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2018 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Telok Kemang
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Port Dickson
4th	1974-1978	K. Pathmanaban	BN (MIC)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	T. Marimuthu
9th	1995-1999	L. Krishnan
10th	1999-2000	S. A. Anpalagan
10th	2000-2004	Sothinathan Sinna Goundar
11th	2004-2008	Sothinathan Sinna Goundar
12th	2008-2013	Kamarul Bahrin Abbas	PKR
13th	2013-2018	Kamarul Bahrin Abbas	PKR
Constituency abolished, renamed to Port Dickson

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Telok Kemang						Bagan Pinang
				Chembong
						Chuah
			Jimah
			Linggi
					Lukut
			Pasir Panjang
						Port Dickson
			Si Rusa

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PKR	Kamarul Bahrin Abbas	29,848	51.01	- 1.47
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Mogan Velayatham	28,269	48.31	+ 2.14
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Kamarudin Kumaravel Abdullah	394	0.67	+ 0.67
Total valid votes			58,511	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,344
Unreturned ballots			129
Turnout			59,984	85.05
Registered electors			70,524
Majority			1,579
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		PKR
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 179/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 220/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PKR	Kamarul Bahrin Abbas	23,348	52.48	+ 25.15
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Sothinathan Sinna Goundar	20,544	46.17	- 26.50
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Mohd Rashid Arshad	601	1.35	+ 1.35
Total valid votes			44,493	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,299
Unreturned ballots			821
Turnout			46,613	77.45
Registered electors			60,186
Majority			2,804
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|PKR]]		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Sothinathan Sinna Goundar	28,494	72.67	+ 15.73
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	KEADILAN	Ab Manap Sahardin	10,717	27.33	- 15.73
Total valid votes			39,211	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,489
Unreturned ballots			489
Turnout			41,189	72.95
Registered electors
Majority			17,777
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general by-election, 10 June 2000
Upon the death of incumbent, S. A. Anpalagan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Sothinathan Sinna Goundar	24,500	56.94	- 4.09
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	KEADILAN	Ruslan Kasim	18,528	43.06	+ 43.06
Total valid votes			43,028	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,051
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			44,079	66.14
Registered electors			66,646
Majority			5,972
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	S. A. Anpalagan	26,815	61.03	- 12.81
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	N. Gobalakrishnan	17,121	38.97	+ 12.81
Total valid votes			43,936	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,857
Unreturned ballots			2,770
Turnout			48,563	72.28
Registered electors
Majority			9,694
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Krishnan Letchumanan	32,543	73.84	+ 2.28
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Thangasamy Periasamy	11,528	26.16	- 2.28
Total valid votes			44,071	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,224
Unreturned ballots			1,336
Turnout			47,651	72.92
Registered electors
Majority			21,015
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	T. Marimuthu	22,367	71.56	- 3.39
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	N. Mahadevan	8,888	28.44	+ 3.39
Total valid votes			31,255	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,266
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,521	72.63
Registered electors
Majority			13,479
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	K. Pathmanaban	19,193	74.95
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Khoo Seng Hock	6,414	25.05
Total valid votes			25,607	100.00
Total rejected ballots			834
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			26,441	68.16
Registered electors			38,790
Majority			12,779
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	K. Pathmanaban	18,937	65.62
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	A. V. Kathiah	9,922	34.38
Total valid votes			28,859	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,025
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			29,884	76.67
Registered electors			38,975
Majority			9,015
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	K. Pathmanaban	14,521	56.23
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	A. V. Kathiah	9,397	36.39
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Azhari Hamzah	1,904	7.37
Total valid votes			25,822	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			33,512
Majority			5,124
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	K. Pathmanaban	13,996	66.80
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	DAP	Tang Kai Tong	5,417	25.86
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	IPPP	J. Nadchathiram	1,356	6.47
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PEKEMAS	S. A. Lingam	182	0.87
Total valid votes			20,951	100.00
Total rejected ballots			689
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			21,640	75.06
Registered electors			28,831
Majority			8,579
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

^ "Gelang Patah, PJ Utara among 40 seats renamed under EC proposal". Free Malaysia Today. 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-06-08.

[1] "Gelang Patah, PJ Utara among 40 seats renamed under EC proposal". Free Malaysia Today. 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-06-08.

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